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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession8 e6 A: n5 T; g6 D8 j: x
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# _1 n w9 o" @7 e0 g8 sPosted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink! A+ d+ A3 U' M2 r/ {6 p
, I" k, }, o( h1 vRahim Jaffer, the former Edmonton MP and National Caucus Chair for the Conservative Party, faces impaired driving and drug charges after an incident early last Friday.
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1 H" N$ K) Z1 ^) l8 t- l/ hJaffer was elected as a Reform MP in 1997, in the riding of Edmonton-Strathcona. He lost his seat in the last federal election to NDP MP Linda Duncan. Jaffer is married to Helena Guergis, the Minister of State for the Status of Women.
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/ _, F/ e8 o+ d; cThe Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:0 D! i& o8 _1 t/ m: o" l8 z
* J! {( g/ |! x" h9 W1 rOn Friday September 11, 2009 at 12:45am a Caledon OPP officer on general patrol on Regional Road 50 observed a grey Ford Escape travelling northbound at a high rate of speed through the village of Palgrave.
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The officer conducted a traffic stop of the vehicle and after detecting the odour of alcohol on the drivers breath an investigation was conducted. # D" y, }1 `' s) n. a7 @/ b+ \
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Thirty-seven year old Rahim JAFFER of Angus was charged with Drive Motor Vehicle Over 80 milligrams of alcohol contrary to section 253(1)(b) Criminal Code of Canada and Possession of a Controlled Substance (Cocaine) contrary to section 4(1) Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.0 R, _' S* w% }8 m/ l# p) m
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JAFFER will be making his first appearance in Orangeville Criminal Court on October 19, 2009. His licence was suspended for a period of 90 days under the Administrative Drivers Licence Suspension (ADLS) program. |
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